Late Paleozoic World Quiz

Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:25 AM
Completed on
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:35 AM
Time taken
10 mins 2 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? Temnospondyls were not predators.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
The amniote egg is important because it allowed:
Choose one answer.

A. faster reproduction in water


B. better protection from predators


C. the ability of animals to reproduce away from water


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Benthic organisms of the Paleozoic were:
Choose one answer.

A. ammonoids


B. corals


C. crinoids


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
The strong and persistent rise in strontium ratios determined for the
Carboniferous suggests that:
Choose one answer.

A. Nutrient runoff to oceans increased


B. Nutrient runoff did not increase to oceans


C. Strontium ratios cannot be used to assess nutrient runoff


D. There was no association with orogeny at this time

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The Permian extinction is thought to be caused by
volcanism only.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The Kaskaskia and Absaroka Sequence of sedimentation
were in the Early Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? The Late Paleozoic climate was similar to the Early to
Middle Paleozoic climate.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Glossopteris is a fossil that is:
Choose one answer.

A. evidence of continental drift


B. a tree like shrub


C. evolved from seed ferns


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? Insects evolved in the Late Paleozoic to go through a
metamorphosis cycle.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
True or False? The collision of Gondwana and Laurasia caused multiple
orogenies during the late Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Glaction did not change at the end of the Permian. FALSE

The oceans water chemistry was not affected by land plants during the
Late Paleozoic. FALSE

The wide ocean, Panthalassa, formed in relation to the formation of
Pangea. TRUE


Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 08:56 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:05 PM
Time taken
9 mins 22 secs
Grade
5 out of a maximum of 10 (50%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? Strontium ratios can be used to examine the likelihood of
seawater chemical mixing processes.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not form during the Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic Era is characterized by life that is transitional
between the Paleozoic life and Cenozoic life.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Oxygen isotope values are used to examine Jurassic and Cretaceous
circulation patterns in seawater by looking at:
Choose one answer.

A. surface water temperatures indicated by pelagic fossils


B. ocean bottom water temperatures indicated by benthic fossils


C. glacial ice


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not start its rifting in the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The first birds evolved no later than the Jurassic from the
same stock as the dinosaurs.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? There were no times of anoxic conditions in the seas during
the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Atmospheric CO
2
levels were probably lower during the Mesozoic
because:
Choose one answer.

A. photosynthesis by terrestrial forests


B. limestones deposited in epeiric seas were widespread as calcareous oozes


C. evaporites were prevalent at this time due to climatic warming


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic seas were teeming with calcite secreting
organisms.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
The Mesozoic was a time of widespread:
Choose one answer.

A. limestone deposition


B. the CCD lay at 3 to 3.5 kilometers


C. calcareous plankton expanded


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.

Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:07 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:16 PM
Time taken
9 mins 31 secs
Grade
10 out of a maximum of 10 (100%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
The Gulf of Mexico is an oil and gas province because:
Choose one answer.

A. it has a significant number of salt deposits


B. had a cold climate


C. it is known for tillites


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? The epicontinental or epeiric seas were widespread during
the Cretaceous.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
The Mesozoic was a time of widespread:
Choose one answer.

A. limestone deposition


B. the CCD lay at 3 to 3.5 kilometers


C. calcareous plankton expanded


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? Strontium ratios can be used to examine the likelihood of
seawater chemical mixing processes.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? There were no times of anoxic conditions in the seas during
the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic seas were teeming with calcite secreting
organisms.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not form during the Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Atmospheric CO
2
levels were probably lower during the Mesozoic
because:
Choose one answer.

A. photosynthesis by terrestrial forests


B. limestones deposited in epeiric seas were widespread as calcareous oozes


C. evaporites were prevalent at this time due to climatic warming


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic Era is characterized by life that is transitional
between the Paleozoic life and Cenozoic life.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Strontium ratios are used to decipher the Mesozoic environment by:
Choose one answer.

A. using the Sr-87/Sr-86 index


B. reflecting the proportion of Sr-87 from land and Sr-86 from other events such as hydrothermal mixing


C. reflecting higher rates of sea floor spreading, orogeny, and continental weathering


D. reflecting decreased amounts of magnesium during rifting, promoting calcite seas


E. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Paleogene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:18 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:25 PM
Time taken
6 mins 44 secs
Grade
6 out of a maximum of 10 (60%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was a current between
Antarctica and Australia, and completely isolated the Antarctica Continent
isolated to glacial conditions.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? After separating from Africa, India collided with Asia to form
the Himalayan Orogeny.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Equus, the modern horse, evolved to have:
Choose one answer.

A. one toed


B. two-toed


C. three-toed


D. four-toed

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Perissodactyls were known to be:
Choose one answer.

A. even-toed


B. odd-toed


C. claws only


D. both A and B

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The PETM lasted about 120,000 years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The climate of India has been forever affected by the
Himalayan Orogeny, which causes monsoons there.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The largest land mammal that ever lived was:
Choose one answer.

A. Paraceratherium


B. Chalicothere


C. Dinosaur


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Cenozoic literally means:
Choose one answer.

A. Recent life


B. Middle life


C. Ancient life


D. Oldest life

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The PETM was known to affect:
Choose one answer.

A. ocean circulation


B. climate


C. methane release


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Horses evolved to have characteristics modified for:
Choose one answer.

A. speed


B. feeding


C. eating, such as teeth


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.

Paleogene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:18 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:25 PM
Time taken
6 mins 44 secs
Grade
6 out of a maximum of 10 (60%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was a current between
Antarctica and Australia, and completely isolated the Antarctica Continent
isolated to glacial conditions.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? After separating from Africa, India collided with Asia to form
the Himalayan Orogeny.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Equus, the modern horse, evolved to have:
Choose one answer.

A. one toed


B. two-toed


C. three-toed


D. four-toed

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Perissodactyls were known to be:
Choose one answer.

A. even-toed


B. odd-toed


C. claws only


D. both A and B

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The PETM lasted about 120,000 years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The climate of India has been forever affected by the
Himalayan Orogeny, which causes monsoons there.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The largest land mammal that ever lived was:
Choose one answer.

A. Paraceratherium


B. Chalicothere


C. Dinosaur


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Cenozoic literally means:
Choose one answer.

A. Recent life


B. Middle life


C. Ancient life


D. Oldest life

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The PETM was known to affect:
Choose one answer.

A. ocean circulation


B. climate


C. methane release


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Horses evolved to have characteristics modified for:
Choose one answer.

A. speed


B. feeding


C. eating, such as teeth


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.


Neogene and Pleistocene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:36 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:41 PM
Time taken
4 mins 54 secs
Grade
4 out of a maximum of 10 (40%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The cradle of civilization is an area where the earliest
primate fossil has been found.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? Milankovitch cycles match all the glacial cycles interpreted
from geological studies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? A triple junction is formed when there is rifting in three
separate regions, but they are joined at a common point.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? The Tethys seaway ran between North America and South
America as recent as 3 to 3.5 million years ago.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
The Atlantic Ocean was separated from the Pacific Ocean by a:
Choose one answer.

A. volcanic island arc


B. continental volcanic arc


C. sedimentation


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The suborder Anthropoidea includes New World Monkeys,
Old World Monkeys, Hominoids.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The climate regime of the Neogene was characterized as a:
Choose one answer.

A. warming trend


B. cooling trend


C. medium climate


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
The fossil Lucy was determined to belong to the genus:
Choose one answer.

A. Ardipithecus


B. Sahelanthropus


C. Homo


D. Australopithecus

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The first person to hypothesize about glacial cycles:
Choose one answer.

A. James Croll


B. Milankovitch


C. Lyell


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1e
True or False? The Neogene spans about 25 million years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Neogene and Pleistocene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:51 AM
Completed on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:01 PM
Time taken
9 mins 28 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? A triple junction is formed when there is rifting in three
separate regions, but they are joined at a common point.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? The Neogene spans about 25 million years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? Milankovitch cycles match all the glacial cycles interpreted
from geological studies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? The application of multiple working hypotheses is the
process of using only the simplest hypothesis.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
The first primate fossil was:
Choose one answer.

A. Sahelanthropus tchadensis


B. Purgatorius


C. Ardipithecus ramidus


D. Aegyptopithecus

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
The fossil Lucy was determined to belong to the genus:
Choose one answer.

A. Ardipithecus


B. Sahelanthropus


C. Homo


D. Australopithecus

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? The suborder Anthropoidea includes New World Monkeys,
Old World Monkeys, Hominoids.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
True or False? The cradle of civilization is an area where the earliest
primate fossil has been found.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The climate regime of the Neogene was characterized as a:
Choose one answer.

A. warming trend


B. cooling trend


C. medium climate


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
The first person to hypothesize about glacial cycles:
Choose one answer.

A. James Croll


B. Milankovitch


C. Lyell


D. None of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.


Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:02 PM
Completed on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:07 PM
Time taken
4 mins 22 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The CCD is a depth based on the temperature of seawater.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
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Late Paleozoic World Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:25 AM
Completed on
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:35 AM
Time taken
10 mins 2 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? Temnospondyls were not predators.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
The amniote egg is important because it allowed:
Choose one answer.

A. faster reproduction in water


B. better protection from predators


C. the ability of animals to reproduce away from water


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Benthic organisms of the Paleozoic were:
Choose one answer.

A. ammonoids


B. corals


C. crinoids


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
The strong and persistent rise in strontium ratios determined for the
Carboniferous suggests that:
Choose one answer.

A. Nutrient runoff to oceans increased


B. Nutrient runoff did not increase to oceans


C. Strontium ratios cannot be used to assess nutrient runoff


D. There was no association with orogeny at this time

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The Permian extinction is thought to be caused by
volcanism only.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The Kaskaskia and Absaroka Sequence of sedimentation
were in the Early Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? The Late Paleozoic climate was similar to the Early to
Middle Paleozoic climate.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Glossopteris is a fossil that is:
Choose one answer.

A. evidence of continental drift


B. a tree like shrub


C. evolved from seed ferns


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? Insects evolved in the Late Paleozoic to go through a
metamorphosis cycle.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
True or False? The collision of Gondwana and Laurasia caused multiple
orogenies during the late Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Glaciation did not change at the end of the Permian. FALSE

The oceans water chemistry was not affected by land plants during the
Late Paleozoic. FALSE

The wide ocean, Panthalassa, formed in relation to the formation of
Pangea. TRUE


Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 08:56 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:05 PM
Time taken
9 mins 22 secs
Grade
5 out of a maximum of 10 (50%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? Strontium ratios can be used to examine the likelihood of
seawater chemical mixing processes.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not form during the Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic Era is characterized by life that is transitional
between the Paleozoic life and Cenozoic life.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Oxygen isotope values are used to examine Jurassic and Cretaceous
circulation patterns in seawater by looking at:
Choose one answer.

A. surface water temperatures indicated by pelagic fossils


B. ocean bottom water temperatures indicated by benthic fossils


C. glacial ice


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not start its rifting in the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The first birds evolved no later than the Jurassic from the
same stock as the dinosaurs.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? There were no times of anoxic conditions in the seas during
the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Atmospheric CO
2
levels were probably lower during the Mesozoic
because:
Choose one answer.

A. photosynthesis by terrestrial forests


B. limestones deposited in epeiric seas were widespread as calcareous oozes


C. evaporites were prevalent at this time due to climatic warming


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic seas were teeming with calcite secreting
organisms.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
The Mesozoic was a time of widespread:
Choose one answer.

A. limestone deposition


B. the CCD lay at 3 to 3.5 kilometers


C. calcareous plankton expanded


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.

Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:07 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:16 PM
Time taken
9 mins 31 secs
Grade
10 out of a maximum of 10 (100%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
The Gulf of Mexico is an oil and gas province because:
Choose one answer.

A. it has a significant number of salt deposits


B. had a cold climate


C. it is known for tillites


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? The epicontinental or epeiric seas were widespread during
the Cretaceous.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
The Mesozoic was a time of widespread:
Choose one answer.

A. limestone deposition


B. the CCD lay at 3 to 3.5 kilometers


C. calcareous plankton expanded


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? Strontium ratios can be used to examine the likelihood of
seawater chemical mixing processes.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? There were no times of anoxic conditions in the seas during
the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic seas were teeming with calcite secreting
organisms.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? Pangea did not form during the Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Atmospheric CO
2
levels were probably lower during the Mesozoic
because:
Choose one answer.

A. photosynthesis by terrestrial forests


B. limestones deposited in epeiric seas were widespread as calcareous oozes


C. evaporites were prevalent at this time due to climatic warming


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The Mesozoic Era is characterized by life that is transitional
between the Paleozoic life and Cenozoic life.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Strontium ratios are used to decipher the Mesozoic environment by:
Choose one answer.

A. using the Sr-87/Sr-86 index


B. reflecting the proportion of Sr-87 from land and Sr-86 from other events such as hydrothermal mixing


C. reflecting higher rates of sea floor spreading, orogeny, and continental weathering


D. reflecting decreased amounts of magnesium during rifting, promoting calcite seas


E. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Paleogene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:18 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:25 PM
Time taken
6 mins 44 secs
Grade
6 out of a maximum of 10 (60%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was a current between
Antarctica and Australia, and completely isolated the Antarctica Continent
isolated to glacial conditions.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? After separating from Africa, India collided with Asia to form
the Himalayan Orogeny.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Equus, the modern horse, evolved to have:
Choose one answer.

A. one toed


B. two-toed


C. three-toed


D. four-toed

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Perissodactyls were known to be:
Choose one answer.

A. even-toed


B. odd-toed


C. claws only


D. both A and B

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The PETM lasted about 120,000 years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The climate of India has been forever affected by the
Himalayan Orogeny, which causes monsoons there.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The largest land mammal that ever lived was:
Choose one answer.

A. Paraceratherium


B. Chalicothere


C. Dinosaur


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Cenozoic literally means:
Choose one answer.

A. Recent life


B. Middle life


C. Ancient life


D. Oldest life

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The PETM was known to affect:
Choose one answer.

A. ocean circulation


B. climate


C. methane release


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Horses evolved to have characteristics modified for:
Choose one answer.

A. speed


B. feeding


C. eating, such as teeth


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.

Paleogene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:18 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:25 PM
Time taken
6 mins 44 secs
Grade
6 out of a maximum of 10 (60%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was a current between
Antarctica and Australia, and completely isolated the Antarctica Continent
isolated to glacial conditions.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? After separating from Africa, India collided with Asia to form
the Himalayan Orogeny.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
Equus, the modern horse, evolved to have:
Choose one answer.

A. one toed


B. two-toed


C. three-toed


D. four-toed

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
Perissodactyls were known to be:
Choose one answer.

A. even-toed


B. odd-toed


C. claws only


D. both A and B

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
True or False? The PETM lasted about 120,000 years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The climate of India has been forever affected by the
Himalayan Orogeny, which causes monsoons there.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The largest land mammal that ever lived was:
Choose one answer.

A. Paraceratherium


B. Chalicothere


C. Dinosaur


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
Cenozoic literally means:
Choose one answer.

A. Recent life


B. Middle life


C. Ancient life


D. Oldest life

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The PETM was known to affect:
Choose one answer.

A. ocean circulation


B. climate


C. methane release


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
Horses evolved to have characteristics modified for:
Choose one answer.

A. speed


B. feeding


C. eating, such as teeth


D. all of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.


Neogene and Pleistocene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:36 PM
Completed on
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 09:41 PM
Time taken
4 mins 54 secs
Grade
4 out of a maximum of 10 (40%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? The cradle of civilization is an area where the earliest
primate fossil has been found.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? Milankovitch cycles match all the glacial cycles interpreted
from geological studies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? A triple junction is formed when there is rifting in three
separate regions, but they are joined at a common point.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? The Tethys seaway ran between North America and South
America as recent as 3 to 3.5 million years ago.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
The Atlantic Ocean was separated from the Pacific Ocean by a:
Choose one answer.

A. volcanic island arc


B. continental volcanic arc


C. sedimentation


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
True or False? The suborder Anthropoidea includes New World Monkeys,
Old World Monkeys, Hominoids.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
The climate regime of the Neogene was characterized as a:
Choose one answer.

A. warming trend


B. cooling trend


C. medium climate


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
The fossil Lucy was determined to belong to the genus:
Choose one answer.

A. Ardipithecus


B. Sahelanthropus


C. Homo


D. Australopithecus

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The first person to hypothesize about glacial cycles:
Choose one answer.

A. James Croll


B. Milankovitch


C. Lyell


D. None of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1e
True or False? The Neogene spans about 25 million years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.

Neogene and Pleistocene Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:51 AM
Completed on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:01 PM
Time taken
9 mins 28 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
1
Marks: 1
True or False? A triple junction is formed when there is rifting in three
separate regions, but they are joined at a common point.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
2
Marks: 1
True or False? The Neogene spans about 25 million years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
3
Marks: 1
True or False? Milankovitch cycles match all the glacial cycles interpreted
from geological studies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
4
Marks: 1
True or False? The application of multiple working hypotheses is the
process of using only the simplest hypothesis.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
5
Marks: 1
The first primate fossil was:
Choose one answer.

A. Sahelanthropus tchadensis


B. Purgatorius


C. Ardipithecus ramidus


D. Aegyptopithecus

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question
6
Marks: 1
The fossil Lucy was determined to belong to the genus:
Choose one answer.

A. Ardipithecus


B. Sahelanthropus


C. Homo


D. Australopithecus

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
7
Marks: 1
True or False? The suborder Anthropoidea includes New World Monkeys,
Old World Monkeys, Hominoids.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
8
Marks: 1
True or False? The cradle of civilization is an area where the earliest
primate fossil has been found.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
9
Marks: 1
The climate regime of the Neogene was characterized as a:
Choose one answer.

A. warming trend


B. cooling trend


C. medium climate


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question
10
Marks: 1
The first person to hypothesize about glacial cycles:
Choose one answer.

A. James Croll


B. Milankovitch


C. Lyell


D. None of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1.


Mesozoic Quiz
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:02 PM
Completed on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:07 PM
Time taken
4 mins 22 secs
Grade
9 out of a maximum of 10 (90%)
Question
9
Marks: 1
True or False? The CCD is a depth based on the temperature of seawater.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrectanta
Marks for this submission: 0/1.
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Exam 3
Review of attempt 1
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Started on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 03:31 PM
Completed on
Friday, 3 May 2013, 04:08 PM
Time taken
36 mins 44 secs
Grade
90 out of a maximum of 100 (90%)
Question
1
Marks: 2
The climate regime of the Neogene was characterized as a:
Choose one answer.

A. warming trend


B. cooling trend


C. medium climate


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
2
Marks: 2
True or False? Temnospondyls were not predators.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
3
Marks: 2
True or False? The fossils of wooly mammoths have been found in glacial
ice.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/2.
Question
4
Marks: 2
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was determined to keep Antarctica:
Choose one answer.

A. cold and with glacial conditions


B. warm with tropical climate


C. moderate between cold and warm


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/2.
Question
5
Marks: 2
Oxygen isotope values are used to examine Jurassic and Cretaceous
circulation patterns in seawater by looking at:
Choose one answer.

A. surface water temperatures indicated by pelagic fossils


B. ocean bottom water temperatures indicated by benthic fossils


C. glacial ice


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
6
Marks: 2
True or False? The first birds evolved no later than the Jurassic from the
same stock as the dinosaurs.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
7
Marks: 2
True or False? The PETM lasted about 120,000 years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
8
Marks: 2
True or False? The Tethys Sea was a circum-equatorial seaway with
circulation around the equator worldwide.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
9
Marks: 2
True or False? The Kaskaskia and Absaroka Sequence of sedimentation
were in the Early Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
10
Marks: 2
The strong and persistent rise in strontium ratios determined for the
Carboniferous suggests that:
Choose one answer.

A. Nutrient runoff to oceans increased


B. Nutrient runoff did not increase to oceans


C. Strontium ratios cannot be used to assess nutrient runoff


D. There was no association with orogeny at this time

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
11
Marks: 2
True or False? Glaciation did not change at the end of the Permian.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
12
Marks: 2
True or False? Pangea did not start its rifting in the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
13
Marks: 2
True or False? The Mesozoic Era is characterized by life that is transitional
between the Paleozoic life and Cenozoic life.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
14
Marks: 2
True or False? The cradle of civilization is an area where the earliest
primate fossil has been found.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
15
Marks: 2
True or False? The collision of Gondwana and Laurasia caused multiple
orogenies during the late Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
16
Marks: 2
True or False? There were no times of anoxic conditions in the seas during
the Mesozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
17
Marks: 2
True or False? The formation of the supercontinent Pangea disrupted
ocean circulation in the Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/2.
Question
18
Marks: 2
True or False? The climate of India has been forever affected by the
Himalayan Orogeny, which causes monsoons there.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
19
Marks: 2
True or False? The epicontinental or epeiric seas were widespread during
the Cretaceous.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
20
Marks: 2
Glossopteris is a fossil that is:
Choose one answer.

A. evidence of continental drift


B. a tree like shrub


C. evolved from seed ferns


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
21
Marks: 2
The Mesozoic was a time of widespread:
Choose one answer.

A. limestone deposition


B. the CCD lay at 3 to 3.5 kilometers


C. calcareous plankton expanded


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
22
Marks: 2
True or False? The application of multiple working hypotheses is the
process of using only the simplest hypothesis.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
23
Marks: 2
The first primate fossil was:
Choose one answer.

A. Sahelanthropus tchadensis


B. Purgatorius


C. Ardipithecus ramidus


D. Aegyptopithecus

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
24
Marks: 2
Horses evolved to have characteristics modified for:
Choose one answer.

A. speed


B. feeding


C. eating, such as teeth


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
25
Marks: 2
True or False? The Late Paleozoic climate was similar to the Early to
Middle Paleozoic climate.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
26
Marks: 2
True or False? A triple junction is formed when there is rifting in three
separate regions, but they are joined at a common point.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
27
Marks: 2
The fossil Lucy was determined to belong to the genus:
Choose one answer.

A. Ardipithecus


B. Sahelanthropus


C. Homo


D. Australopithecus

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
28
Marks: 2
The Cenozoic is referred to as:
Choose one answer.

A. Age of Mammals


B. Age of Humans


C. Age of Horses


D. Age of Primates

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
29
Marks: 2
True or False? Insects evolved in the Late Paleozoic to go through a
metamorphosis cycle.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
30
Marks: 2
True or False? Nappes are actually rifted basins.
Answer:
True
False
Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/2.
Question
31
Marks: 2
Cenozoic literally means:
Choose one answer.

A. Recent life


B. Middle life


C. Ancient life


D. Oldest life

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
32
Marks: 2
Nappes are defined as structural deformation with:
Choose one answer.

A. overthrusts and overturned folds


B. geologic basins


C. domes


D. none of the above

Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/2.
Question
33
Marks: 2
Benthic organisms of the Paleozoic were:
Choose one answer.

A. ammonoids


B. corals


C. crinoids


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
34
Marks: 2
Equus, the modern horse, evolved to have:
Choose one answer.

A. one toed


B. two-toed


C. three-toed


D. four-toed

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
35
Marks: 2
True or False? Strontium ratios can be used to examine the likelihood of
seawater chemical mixing processes.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
36
Marks: 2
Atmospheric CO
2
levels were probably lower during the Mesozoic
because:
Choose one answer.

A. photosynthesis by terrestrial forests


B. limestones deposited in epeiric seas were widespread as calcareous oozes


C. evaporites were prevalent at this time due to climatic warming


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
37
Marks: 2
True or False? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current was a current between
Antarctica and Australia, and completely isolated the Antarctica Continent
isolated to glacial conditions.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
38
Marks: 2
True or False? Milankovitch cycles match all the glacial cycles interpreted
from geological studies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
39
Marks: 2
The PETM was known to affect:
Choose one answer.

A. ocean circulation


B. climate


C. methane release


D. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
40
Marks: 2
Perissodactyls were known to be:
Choose one answer.

A. even-toed


B. odd-toed


C. claws only


D. both A and B

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
41
Marks: 2
True or False? The ocean's water chemistry was not affected by land
plants during the Late Paleozoic.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
42
Marks: 2
True or False? The Mesozoic seas were teeming with calcite secreting
organisms.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
43
Marks: 2
Strontium ratios are used to decipher the Mesozoic environment by:
Choose one answer.

A. using the Sr-87/Sr-86 index


B. reflecting the proportion of Sr-87 from land and Sr-86 from other events such as hydrothermal mixing


C. reflecting higher rates of sea floor spreading, orogeny, and continental weathering


D. reflecting decreased amounts of magnesium during rifting, promoting calcite seas


E. all of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
44
Marks: 2
True or False? The Gulf of Mexico is filled with sediments from the erosion
in the Rockies.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
45
Marks: 2
True or False? The CCD is a depth based on the temperature of seawater.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
46
Marks: 2
True or False? The wide ocean, Panthalassa, formed in relation to the
formation of Pangea.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
47
Marks: 2
The largest land mammal that ever lived was:
Choose one answer.

A. Paraceratherium


B. Chalicothere


C. Dinosaur


D. None of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
48
Marks: 2
The Atlantic Ocean was separated from the Pacific Ocean by a:
Choose one answer.

A. volcanic island arc


B. continental volcanic arc


C. sedimentation


D. none of the above

Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
49
Marks: 2
True or False? The Front Range of the Colorado Rockies around Denver
experienced approximately 12,000 feet of uplift during the Laramide
Orogeny.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.
Question
50
Marks: 2
True or False? The Neogene spans about 25 million years.
Answer:
True
False
Correct
Marks for this submission: 2/2.